Pie-cutter.



lvm-850,022. l PATBNTBD APRQ, 1907.

C. B. LEWIS. Pm CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED JAILZQ, 1906.

WLM/wow@ i No. 850,022.

' pie-cutter.

uuninn4 STATES @ENT onirica.

CLARENCE B. LEWIS, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

PIE-CUTTER.

Patented April 9,190'7.

` Application filed January 29, 1.90.6. Serial No. 298.420.

To all whom t ntay concern: i

Be it known that I, CLARENCE B. LEwIs, a

lcitizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of' California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pie-Cutters; and I do declare ythe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in devices ffor cutting ie vand the like 3 andit consists iny the nove construction, combina tion, and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

l The object of the invention is to provide a simple and comparatively ineX ensive device yof this character by means o which a pie,

cake, or the like may be uickly out into a number of piecesor slices o equal size.

The above and other objects, which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood,'are accomplished by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved Fig. 2 is a similar view taken at right angles to Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a top plan view oi t e same.

Referring to the drawings by numeral, 1 denotes my improved pie-cutter, which comrises a base-plate 2, preferably of circular orm,havi ng a handle 3 arranged at a suitable point. Upon said base-plateLat a point dia Inetrically opposite the handle, is hingedly mounted, as at 4, a substantially U-shaped bracket or link 5, to the upper or free portion of which is hingedly connected, a's shown at 6; an operatinglever 7. The latter has a handle 8 at one end, and its op )osite or hinged end 6 is bifurcated, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of" the drawings. Slidably mounted ina guide 9, at a suitablev point in said lever, is a rod 10, which carries at its lower end a cutter 11. This cutter referably comprises a pluralityof radialy-arranged. blades 12, which are connected to each other and to the lower end of' the rod 10 at their inner ends. Any number of the blades 12 may be employed, and they may be of any size and shape; but I referably employ six when the device is to e used for cutting pies .and shape them, as shown, so that they will iit the ple pan or plate 'which rests upon the base-plate 2, as shown in the drawings, The sliding movement of the rod 10 in the` guide l) is limited by a stop-13, provided upon the upper end oi said rod, and the latter is forced downwardly in the guide by a coiled spring 14, which surrounds the rod between the lower end of the guide or the lever 7 and a stop 15, arranged upon said rod. It will be seen that by yleldingly connecting the cutter to the lever in this manner and connecting the lever to the base-plate by the doubleehinge connection, as shown and ldcscribed, the cutter may he quickly centered upon a pie-orthe like placed upon the base 2, and the cutter may be lnoved downwardly in a vertical or perpendicular plane.

From the `foregoing description, 'taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction, operation, and advantages of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation. l

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to Without departing from the l'principle or sacrificing any of the advantages ol the invention as defined by the appended claims.v

' Having thus describedgnyi11vention,'\\'hat A i I claim as new, and desire 'to secure by Letters Patent, is*- f A pie-cutter comprising a base, a substantially U-shaped hinge-link having its` ends hingcdly connected to said base, a lever hingedly connected to said U- shaped hinge'- link, a guide upon said lever, a rod slidabh` in said. guide, a stop upon thc upper ond of said rod, a stop upon the lower portion ol said rod, a coiled spring surrounding said rod hctwecn said guide und the last-lncnliomd stop, and a cutter upon the lower end ol` said rod consisting of a plurality -ol' rsuliall :n ranged blades, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto sot IOL my hand in presence of two subscrihingwilnesses.

CLARENCE 13. LEWIS.

Witnesses:

J. I). GonnoN, E. J. Dn liANnY. 

